A Silver Spring man was found guilty last Friday in Annapolis District Court of possessing 228 undersized striped bass.

Hervin O. Nunez-Aleman, 34, pleaded guilty to a single violation. He was fined $2,000 and placed on unsupervised probation.

An officer with the Maryland Natural Resources Police was on patrol at Sandy Point State Park on August 31 at 1:30 a.m., when he stopped a boat returning to the marina.

After receiving permission from Nunez-Aleman, the boat owner, to check the coolers aboard the 14-foot recreational vessel, the officer found 228 striped bass under the legal minimum of 18 inches. The officer also found about 30 pounds of white perch in the coolers. None of the four people on the boat had a fishing license.

The trial of a fishing companion, Amaya Chicas, is set for April 18 in Annapolis District Court. The district courts in Anne Arundel County participate in a program that highlights natural resources cases on specific day each month. Under the program, cases including fishing, hunting, boating and tree expert violations are heard on a specific day each month in the region where they occurred.

Citizens who see conservation violations, maritime emergencies or other law enforcement issues on the Chesapeake Bay or the State’s public lands are urged to call 800-628-9944.

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Walt Shock

Typical handling of a “criminal” — let him off with a minor (1 of 228 fish) punishment. Take the boat, all fishing gear, trailer and tow vehicle — add a fine of $100 per fish — to be paid by each person on board. Then give them about 365 days of hard labor — cleaning up the shoreline of the bay —- like up near Baltimore!!!!

http://fishthebay.blogspot.com blair

What a slap on the wrist. I can’t believe these jokers were only hit with a 2000.00 fine for 228 fish. Until a book gets thrown at poachers, conservation enforcement is doomed. Bravo Judge…..bravo!

J.A. Denny

Should have had him in the state parks cleaning up all the trash by hand and cleaning Port-o-Johns for year.